Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 4 Definitions
frenetic
(adj) Frenzied, highly agitated
mordant
(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
consummate
(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
pecuniary
(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
pusillanimous
(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
jocular
(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
recumbent
(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
incumbent
(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
ludicrous
(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd
nettle
(n.) A prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
bastion
(n.) a fortified place, stronghold
stratagem
(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
concord
(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
grouse
(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble
disarray
(n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder
flotsam
(n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
atrophy
(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away
exigency
(n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
glean
(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
incarcerate
(v.) to imprison, confine, jail